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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

BIGGEST NEWS IN THE HISTORY OF NASCAR!!

Sixty-five
years after the first Jesse Jones wiener was served at Martinsville Speedway, the
company has an official partnership with the historic Virginia track.

Martinsville
Speedway president Clay Campbell announced today that the track and Jesse
Jones, LLC had partnered to bring official status to the wiener just in time
for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 weekend.

Don't forget to trademark your weiner!

“We
have obviously been partners for many years, ever since my grandfather, H. Clay
Earles, made the first Famous Martinsville Speedway Hot Dog™, but this makes it
official,” said Campbell. “Our hot dog is the most iconic concession item in
all of racing, and the key reason for that is the Jesse Jones wiener. We have
our special, secret way of dressing it, but the dog is at the heart of it all.”

If
stretched end-to-end, the hot dogs sold during this weekend’s events at
Martinsville Speedway would wrap around the half-mile track more than nine
times.

“We
at Jesse Jones are proud and excited to carry on the historical relationship
between Jesse Jones and Martinsville Speedway,” said Leigh Smithson, executive
vice-president of the Fredricksburg-based company. “This is a proud tradition
that has been carried on for 65 years and Jesse Jones looks forward to coming
back every year.”

The
Famous Martinsville Speedway Hot Dog™ has achieved rock-star status in racing
over the years. Team members battle to see who can get in line first when the
infield concession stands open on race Friday; hundreds of stories have been
written about the hot dog over the years, and it even has its own Twitter
account.

“When
my grandfather first started selling Jesse Jones products, he just wanted to
sell the best hot dog possible,” said Campbell. “He accomplished that and so
much more because he was working with such a great product.”

Good
tickets remain for all of this weekend’s events at Martinsville Speedway,
including the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 on Sunday, the Kroger 250 on Saturday and
NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck series practice on Friday. Tickets
may be purchased by calling 877.RACE.TIX or online at
www.martinsvillespeedway.com.